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NET types * only* have the logic to implement Python class semantics, which is to say they have * none* of Python class methods code.

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  1. noun Linguistics The study or science of meaning in language.
  2. noun Linguistics The study of relationships between signs and symbols and what they represent. Also called semasiology.
  3. noun The meaning or the interpretation of a word, sentence, or other language form: We're basically agreed; let's not quibble over semantics.

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  • NET types * only* have the logic to implement Python class semantics, which is to say they have * none* of Python class methods code. —  Random feeds from Syndic8.com
  • It's value can affect a number of aspects regarding how MySQL parses SQL, and what semantics are attached to it. —  Planet MySQL
  • Personally I don't mind these date semantics, and I happen to find them convenient. —  Planet MySQL
  • I clearly have been paying too much attention to inside-baseball political maneuvering, semantics, and framing. —  Akkam's Razor
  • Its semantics, they have practically stripped them of their vote, their freedom of choice. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
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  1. Greek σημαντικός, significant, from σημαντός, emphatic, from σημαίνειν, show by a sign, indicate, signify, from σῆμα, a mark, sign: see sematic.
 

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